Chapter 4: A blatant frame-up!
A strange look flashed across Mu Xingchen's brows. King of Hell?
At this time, everyone looked towards the back and saw a man in black clothes with a golden dragon python robe walked in. Everyone knelt down and greeted him in unison: "Greetings, Prince Yan."
Li Yan walked straight to Mu Xingchen's side and then stopped.
Mu Qi and Yun Ge stood up at the same time to greet him, saying, "We didn't know Prince Yan was coming. We apologize for not coming to greet you."
Li Yan nodded expressionlessly. He turned to look at Mu Xingchen, who was currently communicating with Xiao Qi through his mind. "Li Yan? Is he Mu Qing's fiancé? The number one expert on the Fengyun Ranking?"
Xiao Qi searched Mu Qing's memory and replied, "Yes, it's him. When Mu Qing was around, she liked and admired him very much, but he had no interest in Mu Qing at all. Mu Qing's love was unrequited."
A look of understanding flashed in Mu Xingchen's eyes. If he was interested in Mu Qing, Mu Qing would not have ended up like that. On the contrary, the reason why Mu Qing ended up like that was probably related to this number one master.
"Rebellious girl! What are you still standing there for?" Suddenly, a cold scolding voice came from above. Mu Xingchen was frightened and trembled. She slowly raised her head and looked at the person in front of her. Li Yan had narrow and long eyes, which were typical phoenix eyes, but they did not look charming, but rather sharp and imposing. There was a teardrop mole under his right eye, which seemed to hide murderous intent, making people dare not approach easily. "He is quite good-looking." She sighed in her heart.
Xiao Qi was speechless, "Mu Xingchen! You're still a fangirl at this time!"
A nymphomaniac? Although this guy is good-looking, the purple eyes and white hair still win.
Prince Yan looked at Mu Xingchen with disgust: "Miss Mu."
Mu Xingchen blinked at him, twisting the handkerchief in her hand and said with some grievance: "Brother Yan, you came to save me. They slandered me for stealing! But don't worry, Brother Yan, I will never admit it. If I admit it, wouldn't it be like throwing dirty water on Brother Yan's head? Wuwuwuwu..."
"You!" Mu Feitian pointed at Mu Xingchen angrily. He turned around and said angrily, "Prince Yan, you saw Mu Xingchen stealing the medicine with your own eyes today."
Mu Xingchen's mouth stiffened. Was he really seen?
Xiao Qi was speechless: "Trouble, I said stealing medicine is not a good thing, because of a man, I got into trouble."
Mu Xingchen frowned: "No, this must be a deliberate frame-up. He can't have seen my face. Since it is a deliberate frame-up, there will be a next time if not this time."
How come these people are still alive? They should just die.
Li Yan smiled and replied calmly, "This afternoon, when I came to visit the Imperial Master, I happened to see a woman in white coming out of the study and heading towards the courtyard in the west corner. The figure of the woman in white... is quite similar to Miss Mu."
The courtyard in the west corner is Mu Qing's residence.
Mu Xingchen's face quickly turned pale. She looked at him in disbelief with red eyes. She staggered back a few steps. She stretched out her trembling hand, covered her heart and said heartbrokenly: "Prince Yan! Even if you want to cancel the engagement, there is no need to frame me like this! Everyone knows that I am just an ordinary person who can't even practice spiritual cultivation. How did I get into the guarded study? Also, the housekeeper just led people to search. If I stole the medicine, where is it? Prince Yan said nothing, but he wants to ruin half of my life and take my life!"
Mu Xingchen wept bitterly with every word, looking like someone who had been forced into a corner by a heartless man. Before Li Yan could reply, Mu Xingchen continued to shout at the top of his lungs, "Could it be that Prince Yan is dissatisfied with the engagement and is doing this to force me to break off the engagement?"
She nodded, closed her eyes and said with a resigned look: "Okay! Since Prince Yan wants to force me to cancel the engagement! Then I will cancel it! Tomorrow I will go to the palace with Prince Yan and report to the emperor! From now on, men and women getting married have nothing to do with each other!" After that, she picked up the handkerchief and began to wipe away her tears.
At this moment, Mu Feitian sneered, "Mu Xingchen, what are you pretending to be? Breaking off the engagement? You didn't even return the engagement token to Prince Yan, what are you breaking off the engagement for? Are you putting on a special show to clear yourself of suspicion?"
Mu Xingchen's eyebrows furrowed. "Xiao Qi, what token?"
Xiao Qi immediately began searching Mu Qing's memory. "When Mu Qing and Li Yan got engaged, they exchanged a jade pendant. The thing is... with her!"
Mu Xingchen closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Why didn't you tell me when you searched her memory before?"
"Too many memories to remember."
The scene was completely silent. Everyone looked at Mu Xingchen like he was an idiot. Everyone thought it was just a good show, and they all stood by and watched. Only Mu Lin frowned at the scene. Just as she was about to speak, Mu Qingtian stopped her.
Mu Qingtian turned around and shook his head at Mu Lin. Mu Lin pursed her lips but didn't say anything in the end.
Li Yan laughed: "Hehe, you said that I framed you because I was dissatisfied with the engagement?" He asked with a sarcastic tone, as if he found it funny and interesting. When he looked at Mu Xingchen, there was a hint of exploration in his eyes.
Everyone's eyes became strange at this moment. It was common knowledge that Prince Yan wanted to cancel the engagement. Of course, they didn't believe from the bottom of their hearts that Mu Xingchen had stolen the medicine. She was a waste, what medicine could she steal? She couldn't even do spiritual practice. What good would it be for her to use those medicines? It really looked like a trap set by Prince Yan for Mu Xingchen, just to cancel the engagement. However, it was too stupid for Mu Qing to use the marriage to control Prince Yan.
"Mu Qing, tell the truth whether this was your doing or not. Your father will definitely give you a lighter sentence and will not involve Prince Yan." Ge Yun suddenly said in a cold voice at this moment.
A hint of coldness flashed in Mu Xingchen's eyes. There was not a single good person in the Mu family. Her own father watched coldly, and the others took advantage of her misfortune. Ge Yun's words seemed to be an attempt to kill her.
Mu Xingchen covered her face with a handkerchief and cried aggrievedly, "Madam, this matter has nothing to do with me. How could I, who can't even practice spiritual cultivation, go to Dad's study to steal medicine?"
After saying this, she turned to Li Yan and complained, "It was Prince Yan who framed me for no reason because of the engagement. I know that in the past, my clansmen often disliked me and bullied me because of the engagement, even Brother Feitian did the same. Everyone wanted me to break off the engagement with Prince Yan, so today they deliberately framed me and forced me to give up this engagement on my own initiative."
Mu Xingchen changed the subject: "But I didn't expect that even Madam would have such thoughts. Mu Qing obviously just wanted to live! Why is it so difficult?" She covered her face and cried bitterly, then sobbed intermittently: "As for the jade pendant that my cousin just mentioned, I have kept it somewhere. When I find it tomorrow, I will definitely return it to Prince Yu Yan intact!"
Everyone's faces turned very interesting at this moment. Mu Qing's implication was that Prince Yan was dissatisfied with the engagement, so he took the opportunity to deliberately make trouble for her today, hoping that she would give up. The people in the Mu Mansion also disliked her because of the engagement, so they joined together to bully her today. As the mistress, Ge Yun had been silent just now, but now she jumped out to accuse her of having bad intentions and mistreating the legitimate daughter.
Ge Yun's expression turned grim at this moment. She looked at Mu Qing with a critical look, her eyes cold. Mu Feitian's expression was also unhappy. He snorted coldly, "Who bullied you? Don't use the engagement as an excuse. Prince Yan saw what happened today, not just some nonsense."
Everyone echoed, "That's right, that's right...we don't usually bully her..."
"Then may I ask, cousin, did Prince Yan just say that the person was me? There are so many women with similar figures in this world. Can you slander me just based on the similar figure? It is well known that I don't know how to practice spiritual cultivation. If you were not dissatisfied with me because of the engagement, why would you be so aggressive today?" Mu Xingchen said with a tearful voice.
Li Yan chuckled softly, a hint of surprise flashing across his eyes. He didn't know when Mu Qing had become so clever, dragging everyone into this with just a few words. He said the thief looked like her, and she said he framed her because of the engagement. Now no one could clear themselves. He smiled, his right eye tilted upward in an exploratory manner, and the corner of his lips curved even wider.
He said thoughtfully, "Miss Mu, why are you so anxious? I didn't say you were the thief. I just said that I was kind enough to help the Imperial Master catch the thief and provide some clues. But Miss Mu's reaction today is not normal."
Mu Xingchen countered, "Even a beggar can get angry when cornered. Your Highness said the thief left my yard, but you know there's a back door. Also, I want to ask Prince Yan, since you saw the thief, why didn't you stop him? With Prince Yan's intelligence, wouldn't he be curious about the sudden appearance of a masked, powerful, and suspicious individual in this mansion? Or tell Father, could it be that the thief and Prince Yan are acquaintances?"
Mu Qi was immediately dissatisfied with these words. Prince Yan had clearly seen everything, yet he let her get away with it...
Li Yan seemed to be smiling, his eyes narrowed with a hint of coldness. "How do you know that the thief has a high level of cultivation? I saw that the thief had no cultivation at all, and the courtyard he went to happened to be Miss Mu's courtyard, so I didn't suspect anything. It wasn't until this evening that I learned that there was a thief in your Imperial Master's Mansion. So I came here with good intentions to provide the Imperial Master with some clues. It seems that my good intentions have backfired."
"Father, did you hear everything clearly? Prince Yan didn't recognize the thief at all and mistook his daughter for the thief." Mu Xingchen covered her face and cried, emphasizing the word "mistakenly". If he didn't know the thief, he couldn't be sure that the thief was her. If he knew the thief, wouldn't he be admitting that he was in cahoots with the thief?
Li Yan laughed out loud. What a trick of calling a horse a zebra. Mu Qing was so smart today that he made Mu Qi suspect that he was the one who did it with just two or three sentences.
Li Yan sighed twice, "There is a reason why I didn't doubt it, and that is that I saw the woman's face." He spoke slowly to Mu Xingchen word by word.
Everyone's gaze turned towards Mu Xingchen. Mu Qi narrowed his eyes and asked sternly with a sense of pressure, "Who is it?"
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